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{"overview": "Discussion centres on Notts County's upcoming play-off tie against Chesterfield, with some concern over past performances against similar opposition and a focus on potential opponents in the later stages.", "key_points": [ "Several members express concern about Notts County's previous defeats to Oldham and Cambridge.", "Chesterfield are currently bookmakers' favourites for promotion.", "There's debate about which team would be a preferable opponent in the final – Salford or Grimsby.", "Some believe Salford's style of play might be less challenging for County.", "Chesterfield have also shown vulnerability under pressure, citing their defeat to Shrewsbury.", "Concerns are raised about the fitness of key defender Browne." ], "worth_thinking_about": [ "How much weight should be given to past results when assessing current form?", "Could a perceived 'destiny' or favourable match-up influence the team's performance?", "How can the team avoid being drawn into frustrating tactics from opponents like Dobra?", "What impact could a Wembley final have on the team's confidence and performance?" ], "important_replies": [ { "post_id": 240619, "note": "The initial post expresses pessimism, referencing past defeats and highlighting potential vulnerabilities in the team's defence, particularly in high-stakes away games." }, { "post_id": 240700, "note": "This post adopts a more modest outlook for the play-offs, suggesting that simply showing fight and scoring a goal would be a positive outcome, while still acknowledging County's potential to win." }, { "post_id": 240698, "note": "The poster suggests supporting Salford, believing they would be a more favourable opponent in the final due to their reliance on disruptive tactics that might not succeed at Wembley." }, { "post_id"

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If we do get past Chesterfield I think I’m going to be in meltdown if it’s us v Salford at Wembley!

I’m in a kind of hopeful phase, I think it’ll be close over the two legs, I can see it being decided by a goal. I think we played ok against them even though we lost twice, the home match was more impressive when you consider we played with 10 for nearly 75 and had them worried. We can potentially surprise them a bit, we are pretty healthy in terms of attackers and midfielders now but I just hope Browne isn’t injured because if we are going into the play-offs with just the three fit defenders it’s tight-rope walking stuff.

For the players who haven’t played against Dobra before, they will now be fully aware of his antics, he wants a reaction and in the last match we gave it to him. He totally did Norburn. The players have to just ignore him, no matter how much he irritates them, just leave him to be his whinging baby self.

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16 hours ago, menzinho said:
If we do get past Chesterfield I think I’m going to be in meltdown if it’s us v Salford at Wembley!

I think we have to root for Salford as twisted as that sounds - they're the worst footballing team of the 4 semi-finalists.

I'd fancy us to take them to the cleaners at Wembley. They rely on a congested, broken game.

And they rely on following Robinson's cheat code. It's one thing doing all that at Salford or Meadow Lane for ordinary league fixtures...

But can you really do that at Wembley, on live tv, with the pick of referees interested in maintaining their reputations with all eyes on them?

Constant timewasting and general shithousery won't pass off well on Sky TV, in front of 40,000 at the home of football.

Myabe they'll just forfeit and not turn up at all ;)

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Hmmm. The problem with Salford is that they have Graydon!

They demolished MKD’s a few weeks ago and they looked strong, sharp and clinical when it mattered against both them & us. Yes, we chucked it away after seemingly salvaging a point - but that was the difference. In a one off with Salford we’d have to improve, considerably, and they’d have to, effectively, “not turn up”. I don’t feel optimistic about beating any of these 3 tbh but I reckon Grimsby would suit us the best.

If, and it remains a very big if, we beat Chesterfield then it’s “game on” at Wembley. Personally, I’d prefer the fishy folk tbh.

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Fair enough,

It's such an evenly matched play-off line up.

I'll be in a minority here, but I have very modest ambitions for these play-offs. Like 80pts was an improvement on 72pts, and 5th place on 6th, I'll take the below in these play-offs, which we didn't have last year...

a goal in 3 hours of play
some fight and showing that you care

Above that will be a bonus. But on our day, we can get past Chesterfield and beat the other two. So all to play for.

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Chesterfield, like ourselves, have a recent record of underperforming and even self-destructing when the pressure is on and the expectation is high. Their home defeat to Shrewsbury in March is a recent example of this. There are others. You can see why they are bookmakers' favourites for the playoffs but that might just suit us perfectly. If we can play without fear we have every chance of giving them two very difficult games.

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